Fernando Alonso passed fit the seats in the prototype LMP1 Toyota

Two-time world champion Formula 1 Fernando Alonso took the first step to performance for Toyota in the “24 hours of Le Mans” in 2018.

As reports the edition Racer, citing its own sources, on 6 November, the Spaniard visited the base of the Japanese team in Cologne, where he passed the procedure of fitting seats in the prototype LMP1.

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Claiming to participate in the “24 hours of Daytona” a few weeks ago, Alonso has made it clear that it was considering participating in this race as preparation for “Le-Mana”.

During the stage of the WEC in Shanghai last weekend, Toyota acknowledged that open to cooperation. But the rumors about the visit of Alonso to the base camp of the Japanese company refused to comment.